Roman Catholic Diocese of Namibe

Roman Catholic diocese in Angola

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Namibe (Latin: Dioecesis Namibanus) is a Latin diocese in the Angolan Namibe Province.

It is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lubango.

## Special churches[edit]

The cathedral episcopal see of the diocese is Sé Catedral de São Pedro (Cathedral of St. Peter, dedicated to the diocese's patron saint), in the Angolan city of Moçâmedes, capital of the Namibe province.

## History[edit]

* Established on 21 March 2009 as Diocese of Namibe, on territory split off from the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lubango, to which it is suffragan.

## Episcopal incumbents[edit]

(all Roman rite)

* Bishop Mateus Feliciano Tomás (21 March 2009 – 30 October 2010, died)
* Bishop Dionisio Hisiilenapo (8 July 2011 – ...)

## See also[edit]

Portal:

* Catholicism

* Roman Catholicism in Angola

## Source - External link[edit]

* GCatholic.org, with incumbent biography links

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Catholic dioceses in Angola

Province of Huambo|

* Archdiocese of Huambo
* Diocese of Benguela
* Diocese of Kwito-Bié

Province of Luanda|

* Archdiocese of Luanda
* Diocese of Cabinda
* Diocese of Caxito
* Diocese of Mbanza Congo
* Diocese of Sumbe
* Diocese of Viana

Province of Lubango|

* Archdiocese of Lubango
* Diocese of Menongue
* Diocese of Namibe
* Diocese of Ondjiva

Province of Malanje|

* Archdiocese of Malanje
* Diocese of Ndalatando
* Diocese of Uíje

Province of Saurimo|

* Archdiocese of Saurimo
* Diocese of Dundo
* Diocese of Lwena

* Catholicism portal

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